ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,766, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Hinge assembly and electronic device including the same" was invented by Chongkun Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghyun Byun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chungkeun Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sukjin Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include a display, a first housing, a second housing, and a hinge assembly configured to connect the first housing to the second housing and operate between a folded state and an unfolded state, wherein the hinge assembly may include a hinge bracket, a slider slid...